NordVPN Admits to a 2018 Data Center Breach
Virtual private network provider NordVPN has confirmed that it was hacked March 2018. This admission comes after rumors that the company had been breached.
According...
NIST Releases Plan For Federal Engagement in the Development of AI Standards
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week announced the release of its long-anticipated Plan for federal engagement and U.S. leadership on artificial...
Texas Hit With Ransomware Targeted Against 23 Organizations Connected to Local Government Departments
A cybersecurity incident on August 2019 in the U.S. state of Texas in which about 23 entities connected to smaller local governments where hit...
US Grants Huawei Another 90-Day Extension to Purchase From American Suppliers
The Trump administration has extended a deadline for U.S. businesses to cut ties with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei, according to a statement by Department...
DHS CISA Warns That Iranian Hackers Increasingly Using Destructive ‘Wiper’ Attacks
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher C. Krebs on Saturday released a statement in response to...
Hackers Target Mobile Phone Networks in Sophisticated Cyber Espionage Attack
Hackers compromised companies in more than 30 countries with the aim of gathering information on individuals in government, law-enforcement and politics, according to a...
NSA Releases Advisory on BlueKeep Vulnerability
The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a cybersecurity advisory for CVE-2019-0708—a vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep. Although Microsoft has issued a patch, potentially millions of...
11.9 Million Patients Affected by Quest Diagnostics Breach
Medical testing company Quest Diagnostics revealed on Monday that a third-party billing company has been hit by a data breach affecting 11.9 million patients....
HSCC Releases Medical Device and Health IT Joint Cybersecurity Plan
The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) on Wednesday released new recommendations for manufacturing and managing the security of medical devices for...
DOE Awards $40 Million in Funding for Grid Modernization Initiative
The Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced $40M in FY19 funding for the Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI). The GMI, a crosscutting initiative involving...